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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2025/6"] [Site "Morda"] [Date "27.08.2025"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Atherton, Marcus"] [Black "Bryant, Richard BE"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "1534"] [BlackElo "1898"] [EventDate "27.08.2025"] {[%evp 0,36,20,24,24,35,19,23,46,12,0,-10,-24,-11,-10,5,35,21,38,35,45,23,41,19,36,14,37,47,55,57,36,-14,26,-5,-9,-40,47,-130,-81]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 (4. e5) (4. exd5) (4. Nge2) (4. a3) 4... c5 (4... dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 (6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Bb7 15. c3 Na5 16. Qf4 Qd5 17. Rfb1 Bc6 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Bc2 Ng6 {0-1 Leroy,J-Bryant,R (1944) GBR-ch 105th Weekend op Hull 2018 (1)}) 6... c5 {main}) 5. a3 (5. exd5 {scores 60% for Wh}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 Nc6 (7... Nf6 {main. 48% for Wh}) (7... dxe4 8. Bxc4 (8. Nh3 $11 {Cloud Engines, not yet played}) 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 $15 {1-3-7}) 8. e5 Qa5 (8... f6 9. exf6 (9. Nf3 $14 {SF17.1}) 9... Nxf6 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Ng4 17. h3 Rxf3 18. Bxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Nd4+ {0-1 Akdag,O-Can Kocak,H TUR-ch U16 rapid Datca 2011 (2)}) 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Bg4 (10. f4 Bd7 11. Nf3 {33 games, 44% for Wh}) 10... Bd7 11. Nf3 (11. a4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Rdf8 13. Nh3 Kb8 14. O-O Ka8 15. Rfb1 Nd8 16. Nf4 Ng6 17. Nh5 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qd2 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. Re1 $11 {½-½ Catt,P (2395)-Rice,P (2336) GB/WH2020 ICCF email [14] 38 moves total}) (11. h4 $14 {SF17.1}) 11... O-O 12. h4 $16 Kh8 13. O-O (13. h5 {looks a consistent followup to Wh's attacking sequence} h6 14. Nh4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. f4 $16 {SF17.1}) 13... Ng8 14. Bh3 f5 15. Be1 {not sure where this B is meant to be going} (15. Kh2 Qd8 16. g3 a5 17. Ng1 b5 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Qd2 $16 {SF17.1 is a more systematic buildup}) 15... Nce7 16. Ra2 $6 {It is not usually a good idea to tie Rs down to protect a weak P} (16. Kh2 Be8 17. Ng1 $16 {SF17.1}) 16... Be8 17. Qd2 $2 (17. Nh2 Qd8 18. g3 b5 19. Bd2 $14 {SF17.1}) 17... Bh5 $19 18. Ng5 (18. Nh2 Qb5 19. Qc1 Be2 $19 {SF17.1}) 18... Qa6 (18... Qb6 $1 19. Qc1 h6 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ng6 $19 {SF17.1}) 19. f3 $2 (19. f4 b5 20. Qe3 Nh6 $17 {SF17.1}) 19... h6 {Bl wins a piece, but Wh retains some K side attacking chances} 20. g4 Be8 21. Kg2 f4 22. Rh1 hxg5 23. hxg5 g6 24. Kf2 Kg7 {an interesting strategy- the K starts to go for a long walk, evacuating from the danger zone} 25. Bg2 Nc6 26. Ke2 Qb6 27. Bf2 Qd8 28. Bh4 Rf7 29. Rh2 Kf8 30. Bf2 Ke7 31. Rh8 Bd7 32. Qc1 Qf8 33. Qb2 (33. Be1 Qg7 34. Rh2 Raf8 35. Qb2 b6 36. Ra1 Kd8 37. Bd2 Nxe5 $1 {returning the piece to open up a central pawn mass , while the Wh pieces are static and uncoordinated} 38. dxe5 Qxe5+ 39. Kf1 Qd6 40. Qb4 Kc7 41. Be1 e5 42. Bf2 Ne7 43. Qxd6+ Kxd6 44. a4 Nc6 $19 {SF17.1}) 33... b6 (33... Qg7 34. Rh2 Kd8 $19 {SF17.1 is happy giving up a pawn- if Wh takes the open B file favours the active Bl pieces}) 34. Be1 Qg7 35. Rh3 Raf8 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. a4 Nge7 38. Bd2 Rh8 39. Ra1 Rxh3 40. Bxh3 Qf8 41. Rh1 Na5 42. Qa2 Qe8 43. Ra1 Qh8 44. Rh1 Rh7 (44... Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qxg5 $19 {alternative}) 45. Kg2 Qf8 46. Be1 Qe8 47. Bd2 Rf7 48. Ra1 Nc8 {it is still a very blocked position, and difficult to make Bl's extra piece an effective one} 49. Qa3 Kc7 50. Qc1 Bxa4 51. Bxf4 Bxc2 $1 52. Qxc2 Rxf4 53. Kg3 Rf8 54. Bg2 (54. f4 {looks a better try , as perhaps Wh can break with f5 , making some use of his uptill now Bad B. Sitting waiting measns theat eventually the Bl Ns and extra a pawn will win for Bl}) 54... Qf7 55. Kf2 Qf4 56. Qxg6 Nb3 57. Rd1 (57. Rh1 Nxd4 $1 58. cxd4 Qxd4+ 59. Kf1 Qxe5 {and Wh is confined to a quarter of the board}) 57... Nd2 58. Rxd2 {otherwise f3 collapses} Qxd2+ 59. Kg3 Qf4+ (59... Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Rh8+ {SF17.1 wins the Q}) 60. Kf2 Qf7 61. Qh6 Ne7 62. Qh1 a5 63. Qc1 Qf4 64. Qa3 Nc8 65. g6 Rg8 (65... Qd2+ 66. Kf1 Rh8 {is mating, but no need to have to calculate whether the g pawn could be a danger- eliminate}) 66. Qa4 Rxg6 67. Qe8 Rxg4 68. Qxe6 Qg3+ 69. Ke3 Re4+ (69... Qe1# {SF17.1}) 0-1
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